Year two of the pandemic reflected a shift in consumer shopping preferences and what retailers can expect in terms of web sales growth.

Despite inflation and price increases for necessities like fuel and groceries, which left shoppers with less to spend on other things, Next 1000 retailers in the apparel/accessories (27.8%), housewares/home furnishings (27.7%) and hardware/home improvement (26.5%) all experienced web sales growth of around 27% in 2021.

In 2020, toys/hobbies (35.5%), hardware/home improvement (34.5%), and food/beverage (34.4%) topped the categories in web sales growth. Consumers spent a good portion of 2020 indoors due to the pandemic and spent more recreation and dining and invested in their home décor according.

Web sales growth among Next 1000 retailers

The Next 1000 are Digital Commerce 360’s rankings of North American e-retailers No. 1001 to 2000, in order by web sales. They directly follow the Top 1000, which also ranks North American e-retailers by web sales. Both sets of retailers rank the same categories.

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